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Police in Patrick County, Virginia have issued an Amber Alert for Tommy Lee Able Engle. He is 3 feet tall, weighs 35 pounds and has blue eyes and short blonde hair.

Photo: WTKR Tommy Lee Travis Engle, accused abductor, father

Police say the boy’s father, Tommy Lee Travis Engle, has made suicidal and homicidal threats towards law enforcement. He is described as a white male who is 6’3, about 200 pounds. He has brown hair, brown eyes and may be armed with an AK-47 and a ballistics vest.

They believe the 3-year-old could be in extreme danger.

He may be traveling in a 2001 Navy Blue Dodge Neon 4D vehicle with the license plate WNZ-9169, VA. Police have not specified a direction in which the two may be headed.

If you have seen this child or the father, please call the Patrick County Sheriff’s Office at (276)694-3161 or Virginia State Police at 1-800-822-4453 (1-800-VACHILD). PLEASE DO NOT APPROACH.